I've Lost It

The doors to a few of my kitchen cabinets, that is! 

I know some would think me crazy, Lonnie Love being one of them, but this is something I have been wanting to do for a long time.

One of the reasons I have wanted to do this is because some of the doors which started out a beautiful crisp white, have yellowed through the years. ?????? (ugh!)

Since I started seeing it done on some of the decorating blogs I follow, I thought I might as well give it a try.
When I've seen pictures of it done, it really gives the cabinets an updated look. 

So,one Friday evening, while home alone, I took the plunge.....
 I removed the doors off of three of the kitchen cabinets.  (Got one more to do when I figure out what to do with the stuff that is inside it.)

 Think me crazy but,  I love, love, love it.

  It's sooooo easy; only takes about 5 minutes to remove the doors.  Now, the cleaning the insides and arranging what you put in them might take a little longer, but to me that's the fun part.

  I personally think this looks much better than the yellowed doors. 

You decide which you like better.

(First five pics are before)



A must to see the "after" pic of this messy spice cabinet!



(The next six pics are after)



This is the after of that messy spice cabinet!



I think I like them better this way.  What do you think?



A Table Top First

This little Table Top vignette is one of my favorites.....one of those that I really, really like good enough to say it's a "keeper". 

That is definitely not normal for me...ask my family.

 Every time I look at it, it makes me happy, so I guess that's a good indication that it is OK!  Hope you enjoy as well.

Linking this to: A Stroll Stroll Thru Life 34th table top tuesday

Meeting Jolene

Jolene

Jolene and David Sloan (http://jolenesupdates.blogspot.com/), missionaries to Ukraine, along with their three beautiful children, David, Nate, and Brianna, came to visit us last Saturday and Sunday. 

My husband stayed with them and was at their church in Ukraine last year.

I have followed Jolene on her blog for sometime now, but had never met her.  It made me feel like those bloggers who follow each other and don't know each other,  and then meet face to face. 

I felt like I knew her, but it was so good to see her in person and to hear her sweet voice (that's interesting too, because you really don't think about what a person sounds like when you never hear them talk, only read about their life). 

Their family is home on furlough and for her to have her fourth child here in January.  They are here (at our house) to visit our church.

What a sweet missionary family!

Aged Teacher????? That Would Be Me!!!!

We have a small Bible Institute as a ministry of our church.  We started it for several of our "preacher boys".  Well, guess what!
 My husband asked me to teach a ladies class as well.  Since it is a three year program, I have actually taught this class twice,  One four years ago and one last year.

 Well, guess what!
 I was asked to teach again this year as well!  So, on September 12, we started with 10 students (ladies, there are 11 men in my husband's class).  Yesterday, September 19,second class, we had grown to 11 students.

What am I teaching them?  Hopefully, "good things" .....everything from how to have effective devotions to dealing with toddlers and teens and everything in between.

Am I an expert in any of these fields?  NO!  But I have been summoned to do so not only by my husband, but also by the Lord, Himself. ( Tit 2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.)

Sometimes we, as women, do not like to admit that we are aged or aging, but what a privilege to be able to teach and share with those women who are younger that us some of the "good things" we have been taught. 

Guess what!  We are all older than someone!  Come on, being aged is not so bad!

Raising 3 Princesses: A Giveaway on Raising 3 Princesses

Raising 3 Princesses: A Giveaway on Raising 3 Princesses

Belated Beauty

While going through some pictures, I came across these shots that I took early in June of this year(2010),  and had intended to blog about them.  Since it is now September, I  decided I had better blog about them before winter!

  I took all of these as I was walking in our back yard. 

                   I was impressed myself!

So many beautiful things are in bloom in the month of June, and it is a wonderful time to take pictures.

I am thankful to the Lord for all the beauty He has given me in my own back yard, and I am thankful to my wonderful husband (Lonnie)  who planted every bush and every tree and every flower in our back yard.  Trust me, if it had been left to me, there probably would not have been all this beauty.  I do not have a green thumb!

I have enjoyed looking at the pictures of the back yard in June. It looks different now with Fall setting in, and it will definitely look different in Winter, especially when there is about an inch of ice hanging on all this vegetation. I love living in a four season area, though. We get to see all of God's beauty this way. You may see this post again, though, come January or February!

           
              Come.......take a stroll with me, on a day in June, in my backyard!

Some beauty that I love, but don't know the name of

I'm not sure this family would always be welcome, but they are cute!

Yes, this is a "green" blackberry, and yes, we do make Blackberry Cobbler from them!

Quaint little old chair!  Left over from the days when I stopped at every "junk" store I saw.  It survived getting pitched in the "decluttering" process; just got a new home.  Some sad news though, it is now dead......devoured by some kind of insects in the garden, and now it really is a piece of junk and has to be pitched anyway!  (sniff sniff)

Lillies ..... from a friend's from Georgia's  garden!

Cherries, and yes we do make cherry pies.....well, sometimes!

Poor Little Old chair again!

Not a very good pic, but my favorite......white Hydrangas.



This purplish flower came from our "homeplace" in Eastern Kentucky.  Several things in our backyard were transplants from there.  That's one reason why it's so special!  Guess if we ever move......they'll be transplanted again!   It is really a beautiful flower. Name??????



Peaches.......ummmm, don't think I've ever made a peach cobbler from these.

Don't know the name of these beauties either.  Told you I wasn't a green thumb.  I'm just a spoiled wife who enjoys all that her husband works so hard at planting.

I do know the name of these......Crab Apples.  The trees have been loaded this year....to the point of bending the branches over.  I've heard that these make wonderful jelly, but I haven't tried it...I should, I know.....maybe next year!  Recipes anyone?

Funny story behind these flowers.....they were planted for one of our daughter's wedding receptions a few years ago.  I was so confused on what colors and stye she wanted in her wedding.  These were planted in the spring before her wedding, because I thought these were some of the colors she was going to use, but it really wasn't.  Oh well, at least I tried, and they have been beautiful flowers to look at out the kitchen window every year since!

Old toad looking over into the pond.

Stone pathway that my wonderful husband alsodid.

Decided, on a whim to set the flower pot in the little iron chair, and liked it!

Hope you enjoyed your stroll.....please come again!..soon, before winter!

Achsah....the Wise One!

Achsah was a wise woman.        Delilah was not!

               Which one am I?

Pr 14:1  "Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands."

Note the differences in the following two passages of Scripture:

Achsah's Way:
Joshua 15:16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 17 And Nathaniel the son of Kean, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? 19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.



Delilah's Way:
Judges 16:16  "And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

The“young” bride, Achsah got her husband to do something by “moving” him. (See the results v.19) Wicked Delilah got her husband to something by “pressing” him (daily). (See results Judges 16:21) What is the difference between these two words? “Pressing” did not mean ironing his shirts! It probably means the same thing as nagging.

Another interesting word in the Bible, and one that is in reference to women (yikes) is the word "brawling". It actually says it is better to live in a corner of a housetop than to live in a wide house with a brawling woman. (Prov. 21:9; Proverbs 25:24) That word "brawl" means to beat or drive away. (Sometimes looking up the actual meaning of a word is a little scary!) It sounds like this is what Delilah evidently did this to Sampson daily until she beat him down. Yes, today it is called "nagging".

Prov. 31:12, says, “She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.”

We will not get anywhere with our husbands by nagging, by brawling, by anger and contention, but we might be able to "move" him by a meek and quiet spirit. 1Peter 3:4 says, "But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price." I think if we tried this more, we might be pleasantly surprised!

Let’s don’t do evil to our husbands, but let's do them good “all" the days of our lives!

Let's don't be a "brawling" wife and drive our husband away and beat them down. Let's build them up! (Prov. 14:1)

Let's don’t "press" our husbands as Delilah did , but "move" our husbands as Achsah did! 

 I came across this devotional from a year or so ago. I thought it would be good to share on "Sunday Favorites"; that maybe it would be a help and blessing to someone. As I was editing it, I realized that I needed it too! That's the way the Lord works! I hope it is an encouragement to someone.